About Monitoring
When the administrator logs in to System Console, System Console displays Monitoring. Monitoring consists of the following categories, which the administrator chooses from a side menu, as shown in Figure 1‑31:
*Weekly Activity Report
Displays the status of any starred cluster for each of the previous seven days. To star a cluster, choose Clusters. Then, on Clusters, select the star next to a cluster for which you want to view a Weekly Activity Report, as shown in Figure 1‑30.
Figure 1‑30 Starring a cluster
Figure 1‑31 Monitoring menu options
*Alerts
Displays an alert if the attribute that System Console is monitoring has reached the alert threshold. Alerts displays the following information for an alert:
*Cluster
Name of the cluster for which System Console generated the alert
*Attribute Name
Name of the attribute System Console is monitoring
*Timestamp
Date and time at which System Console generated the alert
*Condition
Specifies the threshold that when reached, triggers an alert
*Current Value
Current value of the attribute System Console is monitoring
*Object Type
Type of object System Console is monitoring, for example, SERVER
*Process
Name of BIRT iHub process, if applicable
*Server
Machine name of the cluster node
*Volume
Current value of the attribute System Console is monitoring
*Email Address
E-mail address to which iHub sends notification of an alert
*Errors
Displays error messages a cluster generates. Errors displays the following information for an error:
*Cluster
Name of the cluster in which the error occurred
*Host Name
Machine name of the cluster node in which the error occurred
*Time Stamp
Date and time of the error
*PID
Process identification number
*Application
Name of the application
*Thread ID
Identification number of the thread that was active when the error occurred
*Error Message
Error message the error generated
*Error type
Severity of the error